Why should the scalpers make all the money? Price isn't about what things cost to make, it's all about what the market will bear. You go to college and the boomer college president charges you huge tuition and wrings his hands and complains about his "costs." Then you take an econ class, learn the awful truth about how prices are arrived at, cry, graduate with 100k in debt, and watch your boomer University President who paid peanuts to go to college himself, shell out $2000 to go see the Stones. Maybe he takes the econ prof along. Thanks a lot sucker! Enjoy your college radio bands!

No.......no, it's not. I wouldn't pay $813 to see any artist live, much less The Rolling Stones. I wouldn't pay $813 to see The Rolling Stones circa 1966. The problem is, they know people will pay it, so they have no qualms about pricing tickets that high. They're fleecing people, and people don't mind being fleeced.

They're legendary and will be dead soon, so as a nostalgia act they can charge whatever the hell they want to and people will pay. Imagine the prices if what's left of Pink Floyd got together and toured. The aging hippies have disposable income.

Roto-Rot:They're legendary and will be dead soon, so as a nostalgia act they can charge whatever the hell they want to and people will pay. Imagine the prices if what's left of Pink Floyd got together and toured. The aging hippies have disposable income.

I would probably pay $813 to see Bad Brains.

I'd only pay to see Floyd if they toured as a true four piece and played some combination of their '69-'71 and '77 playlists. But since that will never,ever happen in a million years I'll just throw on Pompeii when I need a Floyd fix.

This is fundamental capitalism and solid economic reasoning at play. Do they need the cash, nah. But take everything you can if someone is willing to pay, and don't worry about trying to provide value; hey if those suckers or "fans" are willing to pay, then bleed them dry.

Good for them, except for their justifying the price with the high cost of putting on the show. What they should have said is, "Fark you. If you don't like the price, don't buy the ticket. It's none of your business."

Cluckity:Who gives a fark what a bunch of old farks will pay for a dose of nostalgia? The band charges what they feel the market will bear. It's not like they're selling food or fuel.

THIS

I don't even get the attraction. You pay a fortune to see a band long past their best, in a giant arena miles from the stage where you get pocket-raped for food and drink and have to queue for hours to get out.

I've pretty much given up on stadium gigs. If I want to see a band and I realise they're playing an arena, I'll just accept that it passed me by. I realised at the last one that what I was doing was watching a screen, and that the band didn't care about being there. I'll go and see bands in places with 5000 capacities now, where they're still keen, the prices are sensible, you can see the stage and you can walk out 10 minutes from the end and go to the pub.

Coco LaFemme:No.......no, it's not. I wouldn't pay $813 to see any artist live, much less The Rolling Stones. I wouldn't pay $813 to see The Rolling Stones circa 1966. The problem is, they know people will pay it, so they have no qualms about pricing tickets that high. They're fleecing people, and people don't mind being fleeced.

I don't know which part of that worse.

The worst part is that you don't understand the definition of "fleece." The buyer knows the price up front and agrees to pay it; nobody's getting fleeced.

It's really simple, if they charge too much, they will have empty seats. However, if the charge $50, and scalpers buy them all up and resell them for $1,000 a seat then they sold em too cheap.

And why do we care what they charge? This isn't food or gas in New Jersey were talking about, these are farking concert tickets. They should be able to charge what ever the fark they want, and then not have to apologize that people were willing to pay that price.

WTF is with all the "aren't you ashamed your making money?" questions?

Roto-Rot:They're legendary and will be dead soon, so as a nostalgia act they can charge whatever the hell they want to and people will pay. Imagine the prices if what's left of Pink Floyd got together and toured. The aging hippies have disposable income.

I would probably pay $813 to see Bad Brains.

You can see Bad Brains for around $25. They still play shows occasionally.

What will you give me for this concert ticket?-$50.This is not a negotiation. I just want to know what is the maximum price you would pay for this ticket.-$120.We're selling them for $800.-Hmmm. Alright, I'll take two.

I wouldn't pay 800 bucks to see the Stones, but there are a lot of things people do that I wouldn't do. I wouldn't wait in line for days to get the new iPhone. Or camp out to be first in line for the new Twilight movie. I wouldn't pay the 800-1200 list price they ask for Super Bowl tickets.

farkeruk:I've pretty much given up on stadium gigs. If I want to see a band and I realise they're playing an arena, I'll just accept that it passed me by. I realised at the last one that what I was doing was watching a screen, and that the band didn't care about being there. I'll go and see bands in places with 5000 capacities now, where they're still keen, the prices are sensible, you can see the stage and you can walk out 10 minutes from the end and go to the pub.

Tom Petty has a song about that. I can't think of the title right now.

Now Tom Petty--I'd shell out some good money to see him. Not anything like $800, though.

Triumph:Why should the scalpers make all the money? Price isn't about what things cost to make, it's all about what the market will bear. You go to college and the boomer college president charges you huge tuition and wrings his hands and complains about his "costs." Then you take an econ class, learn the awful truth about how prices are arrived at, cry, graduate with 100k in debt, and watch your boomer University President who paid peanuts to go to college himself, shell out $2000 to go see the Stones. Maybe he takes the econ prof along. Thanks a lot sucker! Enjoy your college radio bands!

And you go on to earn so much more in life that the 100k debt + interest was well worth it.